Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Mar 27, 2012
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2012-01-28.

Abercrombie has a market cap of $4.4 billion; its shares were traded at around $51.12 with a P/E ratio of 22.2 and P/S ratio of 1.1. The dividend yield of Abercrombie stocks is 1.4%.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Net sales for Fiscal 2011 were $4.158 billion, an increase of 20% from Fiscal 2010 net sales of $3.469 billion. The net sales increase was attributable to new stores, primarily international, a 5% increase in comparable store sales, and a 36% increase in the direct-to-consumer business, including shipping and handling revenue. The impact of foreign currency on sales (based on converting prior year sales at current year exchange rates) for Fiscal 2011 and Fiscal 2010 was a benefit of $21.6 million and $4.9 million, respectively.

Direct-to-consumer sales in Fiscal 2011, including shipping and handling revenue, were $552.6 million, an increase of 36% from Fiscal 2010 direct-to-consumer sales of $405.0 million. The direct-to-consumer business, including shipping and handling revenue, accounted for 13.3% of total net sales in Fiscal 2011 compared to 11.7% in Fiscal 2010.

Stores and distribution expense for Fiscal 2011 was $1.888 billion compared to $1.590 billion in Fiscal 2010. The stores and distribution expense rate (stores and distribution expense divided by net sales) for Fiscal 2011 was 45.4% compared to 45.8% in Fiscal 2010.

Marketing, general and administrative expense during Fiscal 2011 was $437.1 million compared to $400.8 million in Fiscal 2010. For Fiscal 2011, the marketing, general and administrative expense rate (marketing, general and administrative expense divided by net sales) was 10.5%, compared to 11.6% for Fiscal 2010. Marketing, general and administrative expense for the fifty-two weeks ended January 28, 2012 included $10.0 million in charges in connection with fourth quarter legal settlements.

Direct-to-consumer sales in Fiscal 2010, including shipping and handling revenue, were $405.0 million, an increase of 40% from Fiscal 2009 direct-to-consumer sales of $290.1 million. The direct-to-consumer business, including shipping and handling revenue, accounted for 11.7% of total net sales in Fiscal 2010 compared to 9.9% in Fiscal 2009.

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